Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Giveaway with Maggi Andersen and her luscious book A Baron in her Bed

Title: A Baron in her Bed

Author: Maggi Andersen

Publisher: Knox Robinson Publishing

Length: 302 pages

Subgenres:
Historical, Suspense, Romance

BLURB: Horatia’s plan to join the London literary set takes a dangerous turn. Now that the war with France has ended, Baron Guy Fortescue arrives in England to claim his inheritance. When Guy is set upon in London, a stranger, Lord Strathairn, rescues and befriends him. But while traveling to his country estate, Guy is again attacked. Guy suspects his relative, Eustace Fennimore, is behind the attacks on his life. Horatia refuses to believe her godfather, Eustace, is responsible. Secure in the knowledge that his daughter will finally wed, Horatia’s father allows her to visit her blue-stocking aunt in London. But Horatia’s time spent in London proves to be anything but a literary feast, for a dangerous foe plots Guy’s demise. She is determined to keep alive her handsome fiancé, who has proven more than willing to play the part of her lover even as he resists her attempts to save him.

EXCERPT :

She patted The General’s nose and fed him an apple. By the
time the last of it had disappeared, she heard the clip of a horse’s hooves on
the gravel drive. She peeped out of the barn door and saw the baron, tall in
the saddle, riding towards the house.

Horatia stepped out and beckoned him. He caught sight of her
and rode towards the stables then dismounted and led the horse inside.

“Simon, good fellow,” he said warmly. “I came to thank you
again. I am indebted to you.”

“No need for that, my lord,” she said. “Everything’s right
and tight here as it happens.”

She turned her back to lead his horse into one
of the stalls. Seizing a brush, she bent and swept it over the horse’s flanks.

He came to rest an arm on the stall door. “I am relieved. If
you had lost your job, I was going to ask you to work for me.”

She straightened to brush the horse’s back, confident of the
poor light. “Mighty good of you, my lord. But not at all necessary.”

“Eh bien, merci encore.” He turned
towards the door.

Relieved it had gone so well, Horatia stepped out from behind
the horse. She looked up to see if he had gone and found him watching her with
his arms folded.

The elation left her, and she took a deep, shaky breath.

“Did you really think you could go on fooling me?” A note of
outrage lay beneath the humorous tone in his voice. “How many people around
here have red hair like yours?”

“My hair’s not red,” she said, incensed. “It’s chestnut.”

“I wondered how far you would carry this ruse, Miss
Cavendish.”

She backed into an empty stall as he strode towards her.

He followed her inside. Reaching over, he whipped off her
hat, and her hair came loose and tumbled around her face. “So, what do you have to say in your
defense?”

“Nothing, my lord.” Horatia lifted her chin, her heart
pounding loud in her ears. She chewed her lip. She would have to brazen this
out.

Annoyed blue eyes stared into hers. “I do not like to be
toyed with. I thought there was something wrong with me.”

“Pardon?”

“Watching you bend over in those breeches. Zut! From the first, I felt a strong
attraction to you. And then, when I saw you dressed as a woman, I understood.”

“You knew it was me at the dance?” She scowled. “And you
deliberately teased me?”

“Don’t you think you deserved it?” He seized her shoulders and
gave them a shake. “You tricked me. Why?”

She swallowed. “No trickery, my lord. I was dressed this way
when I found you, if you recall. I needed to keep up the pretense.”

He shrugged. “But why do you dress like that?”

She couldn’t explain her restlessness to him and tossed her
head. “I prefer to ride astride.”

He raised a brow. “You like a strong beast moving beneath
you?”

She bristled at the insult. “I like to ride alone.” He made
it sound as if she gained some sort of indecent enjoyment from the exercise.
Her face heated. To ride astride was unfeminine, she knew, but that fact had
never bothered her before.

“But to do so places you in peril.”

Horatia drew herself up. “I can handle myself as well as a
man.”

“You believe that, do you?” His gaze flicked over her. What
was he thinking? She quivered under his scrutiny.

I am an Australian author with a BA in English and an MA in Creative Writing. My lawyer husband and I live in a pretty, historical town in the Southern Highlands with our spoiled Persian cat, plus the assorted wildlife we feed: chickens wander in from next door and give us lovely eggs, ducks swim in our pool, parrots and possums line up for bananas and seed. I write historical romance, contemporary romantic suspense and young adult novels.

44 comments:

Wow, all that wild life visiting you must keep you very involved in the nature around you. How wonderful. It sounds like a fun place to live. Best wishes with this book. It sounds like one that I would love to read. Hisotrical romance is my favorite.

I'm interested to know from the author why she would choose to write about a baron. In most romances, they choose someone higher up like an Earl or a Duke. Baron is rarely talked about, but I'm very curious as to how their lives were.Thanks for the giveaway!

The book sounds great! I loved the excerpt. I have been wanting to read this book ever since I first saw the blurb for it a couple of months ago. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!thompsonem3 at aol dot com

Thank you all for your great comments! I wish you luck with the contest! Meghan, a baron is a nobleman too, although not ranked as high as a marquess an earl or a duke. I saw him as a baron, although I've written about the others. My characters seem to have the last word, lol. Betty, it is lovely here, but I'm positive those birds follow me when I walk down the street!

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